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TI-2021-17963 Aliases CVE-2021-41124GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74

Splash authentication credentials potentially leaked to target websites in scrapy-splash

Priority LOW 35CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Scrapy-splash is a library which provides Scrapy and JavaScript integration. In affected versions users who use [`HttpAuthMiddleware`](http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/downloader-middleware.html#module-scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth) (i.e. the `http_user` and `http_pass` spider attributes) for Splash authentication will have any non-Splash request expose your credentials to the request target. This includes `robots.txt` requests sent by Scrapy when the `ROBOTSTXT_OBEY` setting is set to `True`. Upgrade to scrapy-splash 0.8.0 and use the new `SPLASH_USER` and `SPLASH_PASS` settings instead to set your Splash authentication credentials safely. If you cannot upgrade, set your Splash request credentials on a per-request basis, [using the `splash_headers` request parameter](https://github.com/scrapy-plugins/scrapy-splash/tree/0.8.x#http-basic-auth), instead of defining them globally using the [`HttpAuthMiddleware`](http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/downloader-middleware.html#module-scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth). Alternatively, make sure all your requests go through Splash. That includes disabling the [robots.txt middleware](https://docs.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/downloader-middleware.html#topics-dlmw-robots).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01118 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed scrapy-splash (scrapy-plugins): 0.8.0scrapy-splash (PyPI): 0.8.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
scrapy-pluginsscrapy-splashbefore 0.8.00.8.0Patch availableCNA
—scrapy-splash (PyPI)before 0.8.00.8.0Patch availableGHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74
  • scrapy-splash Vendorscrapy-plugins Affected before 0.8.0 Fixed in 0.8.0 Patch available CNA
  • scrapy-splash (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.8.0 Fixed in 0.8.0 Patch available GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:zyte:scrapy-splash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.8.0VulnerableZyte
  • cpe:2.3:a:zyte:scrapy-splash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.8.0 Vulnerable ·Zyte

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA scrapy-splash (scrapy-plugins) Fixed in 0.8.0
  • Fix · GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74 scrapy-splash (PyPI) Fixed in 0.8.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-41124
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74

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